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Expert knowledge is an important issue in knowledge management, so how to understand who owned the knowledge that you need and how to touch the experts are important issue. The research is to structure Knowledge Source Map in academic circles by the automatic system and help users to understand the source and the structure of knowledge by querying with this system. Moreover, by this system, user won¡¦t misunderstand experts¡¦ knowledge, and further, they will hold the knowledge and make use of the knowledge. Otherwise, the system also structure communication networks among people by the analysis of social networks to provide a channel for users touching the experts. Therefore, the Knowledge Source Map system is divided into two parts, one is confirmation of the experts, and another is to search for the experts. The former includes analysis in experts, university and domain, and the latter includes family tree analysis, ego-centered networks and shortest path analysis.

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Bibliography: leaves 242-255. / 256, [8] leaves, [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / A study which examines medieval religious beliefs through a range of symbols found on medieval world maps and in geographical texts. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, 2000

Thesis (MSc(R)) - University of Glasgow, 2007. / MSc(R) thesis submitted to the Faculty of Physical Sciences, Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, 2007. Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.

There can be little dispute that today's society makes extensive use of mass media. Movies, television, and radio are far more prominent today than ten years ago, both locally and globally. We rely on these forms of communication for news and information and entertainment and recreation. New technologies increase our access and our dependence on mass media. In fact, in the U.S. the average person spends 40 percent of their time attending to television at some level (Adams, 1992). Adams then goes on to say that culture and television are clearly involved in reciprocal relations: television affects culture, but culture also affects television (Adams, 1992). It should come as no surprise, therefore, that generational differences in recreation are far more prominent today than they were twenty years ago. Indeed, we are a passive society dependent upon technology and the creativity of others for pleasure. The Internet and television of today have replaced the bicycle and board games of yesterday in terms of babysitting the young for hours on end. Almost all major types of entertainment come from the viewing of some sort of screen or monitor, with children spending vast amounts of time engaging in these passive activities. By the age of sixteen, a contemporary child has probably spent more time watching television than he/she has attending school or doing chores. However, entertainment is only one use for mass media. For example, the term "Information Age" refers to much more than recreation. Large quantities of information can be acquired through these forms of transmission. Unfortunately, false representations are sometimes the goal of those who produce these data media. In addition to the deliberate distortion of truths, those who consume mass media obtain many falsities inadvertently. A perfect example of this is stereotyping. All too often, one's only exposure to certain regions and/or peoples is obtained through television and movies. Instead of becoming familiar with specific facts about cultures, conclusions are drawn based upon viewing and hearing popular culture material. Stereotypes of cultural groups create myths about their respective geographic regions and vice-versa. We are well aware of these myths (for example, the idea that all Southerners are dumb) but what is their link to place perception? How are mental constructs of regions related to cultural stereotypes? How have popular culture and mass media affected stereotypes? / Master of Science

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